Friday Finds – 06/28/13

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

New-to-Me Blogs

• My Genealogy Obsession, Patricia Stanard
• Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts, Beverly McGowan Norman
• My Family Historian, Danielle
• Lara’s Family Search, Lara

Online Articles

• Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed – Migration Mapping, Legacy News
• “Who Do You Think You Are?” 2013 Celebrity Lineup (Bazinga!), Genealogy Insider
• Thriller Thursday: Skeletons in the Closet, Pages from the Ancestry Binders
• Copyright and Grandmother’s Writings, The Legal Genealogist
• “Writing and Publishing for Genealogists” – Review of IGHR Course 5, Adventures in Genealogy Education
• Triangulation for Autosomal DNA, DNA eXplained
• Women Working, 1800-1930 – Tuesday’s Tip, My Ancestors and Me
• Kansas Inmate Case Files for ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders Are Online, The Kansas City Star
• Adoption in Genealogy, My Family Historian

Websites & Resources

• Women Working, 1800-1930 – “Women Working, 1800-1930 is a digital exploration of women’s impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression. Working conditions, workplace regulations, home life, costs of living, commerce, recreation, health and hygiene, and social issues are among the issues documented in this online research collection from Harvard University.”
• Southern Appalachians Genealogical Association – A genealogical society covering counties located in the Southern Appalachians in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
• Genealogy Collection at Internet Archive – Free, digitized books, related to genealogy, from Internet Archive.

Upcoming FREE Webinars

• Transform Your Note-Taking and Remember Everything With Evernote
  Tonia Kendrick
  Southern California Genealogical Society
  July 6, 12 PM Central
• Common Surnames: Ways to Identify Your Ancestors in a Crowd
  Juliana Smith
  Illinois State Genealogical Society
  July 9, 8 PM Central
• DNA and Genetic Genealogy in 2013
  Debbie Parker Wayne
  Friends of the National Archives Southeast Region
  July 9, 1 PM Central
• Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists, Immigration Records, and Border Crossing Records
  Kathryn Lake Hogan
  Legacy Family Tree
  July 10, 1 PM Central
• Photography and Genealogy
  Karen Molohon
  Georgia Genealogical Society
  July 15, 7 PM Central
• Genealogy Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right Place
  George Morgan
  Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
  July 16, 7 PM Central
• Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy
  Michael Hait
  Legacy Family Tree
  July 17, 1 PM Central
• Path to Organizational Bliss
  Nancy Lauer
  Southern California Genealogical Society
  July 17, 8 PM Central
• Can I Use That in My Genealogy? What You Should Know About Copyright
  Thomas MacEntee
  Utah Genealogical Association
  July 18, 8 PM Central
• Top Ten Techniques for Finding More in Library Catalogs
  Barbara Renick
  Legacy Family Tree
  July 19, 1 PM Central